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Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim Views on LaborDuring the 1800s there was clear and concise turmoil in regards to labor. Some viewed labor as a means to an end. It was a part of life with no implied passion. It was the only way to put food on the table and provide any additional support that was needed for families. Society, as we all know, had, or has, a set of rules and guidelines that one was to live by to maintain a place in the world. A place that if you dare objected you would be frowned upon. Here we will look at Karl Marx’s and Emile Durkheim’s views on labor. In Karl Marx’s “Alienated Labor” he describes how the worker becomes so engrossed with the work that he loses himself. “The depreciation of the human world progresses in direct proportion to the increase in value of the world of things” (Marx 1977:4). The worker makes himself poorer while the rich get richer. He hustles and bustles to create a product that he cannot use himself. “The worker becomes a commodity that is all the cheaper the more commodities he creates” (Marx 1977:4). Marx states that a consequence of this is that the worker relates to the product he helping to create as an alien object. The more he externalizes himself the more powerful the object becomes, therefore the poorer he becomes. Marx relates this to religion stating that “the more man puts into God, the less he retains in himself. The worker puts his life into the object and this means that it no longer belongs to him but the object” (1977:4). “As in religion the human imagination’s own activity, the activity of man’s head and heart, reacts independently on the individual as an alien activity of gods or devils, so the

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...the pursuit of profi t
and the sanctity of private property. Marx used a
class analysis to explain capitalism, describing capitalism
as a system of relationships among different
classes, including capitalists (also known as the bourgeois
class), the proletariat (or working class), the
petty bourgeoisie (small business owners and managers),
and the lumpenproletariat (those “discarded”
by the capitalist system, such as the homeless). In
Marx’s view, profi t, the goal of capitalist endeavors,
is produced through the exploitation of the working
class. Workers sell their labor in exchange for wages,
and capitalists make certain that wages are worth less
than the goods the workers produce. The difference
in value is the profi t of the capitalist. In the Marxist
view, the capitalist class system is inherently unfair
because the entire system rests on workers getting
less than they give.
Marx thought that the economic organization of
society was the most important infl uence on what
humans think and how they behave. He found that
the beliefs of the common people tended to support the
interests of the capitalist system, not the interests of
the workers themselves. Why? Because the capitalist
class controls not only the production of goods but
also the production of ideas. It owns the publishing
companies, endows the universities where knowledge
is produced, and controls information industries.
Marx considered all...

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KarlMarx
Born in Prussia on May 5, 1818, KarlMarx is considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of history. Although he was not the type of adolescent his parents had hoped for, he became a notable historian, sociologist, journalist, philosopher, and economist. He explored sociopolitical theories and became interested in the philosophical ideas of the Young Hegelians and the writings of Friedrich Hegel. In 1842, he became the editor of Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal newspaper in Cologne. His socialist writings eventually lead to his expulsion from Germany and France. In 1848, he published The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels and was exiled to London, where he wrote the first volume of Das Kapital. The rest of his life was spent writing and editing manuscripts for additional volumes, which he never completed. Ultimately, his achievement was providing an economic basis for the communist movement (Bussing-Burks 78).
KarlMarx published several books, developed new theories, and made many other significant contributions to society. One of his most famous works was The Communist Manifesto. In this essay, KarlMarx argues that class struggles between the bourgeoisie and proletarians. Marx believed that all property should be publically owned. There would be no government, and...

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Life:
KarlMarx was a German philosopher, sociologist, economic historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist who developed the socio-political theory of Marxism. He was born on May 5 1818 in a town located in the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of the Lower Rhine. During his childhood, he was privately educated until 1830, then he entered Trier High School, whose headmaster Hugo Wyttenbach was a friend of his father. In 1835, KarlMarx aged seventeen, began to attend the University of Bonn, where he wished to study philosophy and literature. But he was able to avoid military service when he turned eighteen because he suffered from a weak chest.
From considering an academic career, Marx turned to journalism. He moved to the city of Cologne in 1842, where he began writing for the radical newspaper Rheinische Zeitung, where he expressed his increasingly socialist views on politics. On June.19 1843, KarlMarx married Jenny von Westphalen after seven year waiting at the Pauluskirche in Bad Kreuznach. On September of 1844, he and Engels began to research the socialist, and soon became best friends. In 1845 Marx and Engels visited the leaders of the Chartists, a socialist movement in Britain, using the trip as an opportunity to study in various libraries in London and Manchester. In 1848, hoping to see the revolution...

...One basic tenet Karl Marx's defines in his famous Manifesto of the Communist Party is the distinguishing characteristics of two opposing social classes: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie also known as the “capitalist” are the ones who own the means of production. Because of their wealth, they also have the power to control pretty much everything. The proletariat known as the “workers” do not own nor have any control of the means of production but earn money from the bourgeoisie by providing their labor for very little money.
How is the proletariat held in subjugation? Well the bourgeoisie has ownership of the mean of production, class consciousness because the proletariats worked too hard that they had no social relationship with each other and religion. The proletariats used religion to more or less forget their problems.
When it comes to the value of commodities, Marx introduced three evaluating commodities: use, exchange, and surplus value. The use value is a direct relationship between you and a product. For example, a cup holds water so you can have a drink. The exchange value is anything that has a direct value and can be exchanged for other commodities. For example, diamonds have very little usefulness but have a high value in trade for other commodities. The surplus value is the total cost of a manufacture product minus what it costs to produce it. For example, a company makes a car for five thousand dollars but...

...﻿In contrast, KarlMarx in his Das Kapital reasoned that workers would be exploited by any capitalist, or factory owners, for the capitalist system provides an inherent advantage to the already rich and a disadvantage to the already poor segments of society. The rich would get richer and the poor would get poorer. Furthermore, the “capitalist” is always in a better position to negotiate a low wage for his workers, he argued. One of his notable and more contentious theories – the labor theory of value – claims that the value of a good or service is directly connected to the amount of labor required for its production. Interestingly, KarlMarx also had his own drastic, political ideas that were far away from those of Adam Smith’s.
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Marx posited that the two classes in a society – the bourgeoisie and the proletariat – will forever remain stuck in their respective classes because of the very nature of capitalism. The wealthy capital-owning bourgeoisie not only owns the factories but dominates the media, universities, government, bureaucracy, and, hence, their grip on an elevated social status is unchangeable. In contrast, the poor, working class, or the proletariat, lacks any effective means of having just recompense for their hard labor. The remedy for this trouble, in Karl Marx’s view, was for the proletariat to revolt and create a new social order where there would be no...

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In the capitalist society the only concerns are producing capital to increase profit of companies toward the capitalists. The Bourgeoisie looks...

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Introduction
KarlMarx has altered the perception of working men and social classes. Both a scholar and a political activist, Marx addressed political and social issues, and is known for his analysis of history and his prediction for the future of the working class. The interpretations of his theories, particularly those on political economy, have in the course of history generated decades of debate, inspired revolutions and cast him as both devil and angel in political and academic circles.
Early Life
KarlMarx was born in Trier, Germany a small town close to the Luxemburg border. His paternal family were all rabbis and practiced Judaism [2]. Karl’s father Hershel was a lawyer, though when Karl was born, the Mayor of Trier insisted that Karl be baptised as either a Catholic or Protestant. If Hershel has baptised Karl as a Jew he faced having his law accreditation revoked.[2]
Schooling
Karl was privately educated until he reached university. He travelled north, to the city of Bonn and studied law at Bonn University. While Marx was at Bonn, he became engaged to Jenny von Westphalen, daughter of Baron von Westphalen, a man known for...